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Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince

Trafalgar Square

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Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince filmed at Trafalgar Square, London. Death Eaters swoop over this central square in the film before racing north through the West End.

Trafalgar Square, London
Robert Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where to go

51.508056, -0.128056
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Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.

Good to know

Title
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (2009)
On screen
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In real life
Trafalgar Square, London
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Trafalgar Square today

Buses in Trafalgar Square, London, September 1998
Ian Muttoo from Mississauga, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Round the Christmas Tree, Trafalgar Square, London W1 - geograph.org.uk - 4291357
Christine Matthews · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
LONDON, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, JUNE 2014. - panoramio
otterboris · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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Questions

Where exactly did Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince film at Trafalgar Square?
At 51.508056, -0.128056 in London. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer.
Can you visit Trafalgar Square?
Open to the public, free.
What else was filmed near Trafalgar Square?
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